Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston

Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Coordinates:47.393°N 68.459°W / 47.393; -68.459
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 
Francine Landry
Liberal
District created1973
First contested1974
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)15,676
Electors (2013)11,132

The district was established in 1973 as Madawaska les Lacs when New Brunswick moved from a system of bloc voting to the first past the post electoral system. It had previously been a part of the Madawaska County electoral district which returned three members.

It the 1994 electoral redistribution, it added parts of the old district of Madawaska Centre and it underwent only very minor boundary changes in 2006.

In 2013, it added more of the city of Edmundston to its boundaries and was renamed.

It was formerly one of the safest francophone seats in New Brunswick for the Progressive Conservatives. It was held by the PCs in every election since it was created except for the 1987 election (in which the Liberals won every seat) and the 1991 election (in which the PCs won only 3 seats and the main opposition was the conservative Confederation of Regions Party which opposed official status for the French language). Recently, it has elected Liberal MLAs. Its current MLA is Francine Landry of the Liberal Party.

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Assembly Years Member Party
Madawaska les Lacs
Riding created from Madawaska
48th  1974–1978     Jean-Pierre Ouellet Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Georges Corriveau Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
53rd  1995–1999     Jeannot Volpé Progressive Conservative
54th  1999–2003
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010
57th  2010–2014 Yvon Bonenfant
Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
58th  2014–2018     Francine Landry Liberal
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–Present

Election results

Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalFrancine Landry4,58366.54+7.67
Progressive ConservativeMarie-Eve Castonguay1,76325.60-0.05
GreenMarie-Soleil Lussier5427.87-5.40
Total valid votes 6,888100.0
Total rejected ballots 530.76
Turnout 6,94161.65
Eligible voters 11,258
Liberal hold Swing +3.86
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalFrancine Landry4,19158.87+2.48
Progressive ConservativeJeannot Volpé1,82625.65-10.27
GreenDenis Boulet94513.27--
New DemocraticCécile Richard-Hébert1562.19-5.50
Total valid votes 7,118100.0  
Total rejected ballots 72
Turnout 7,19063.20
Eligible voters 11,377
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalFrancine Landry4,10656.39+24.57
Progressive ConservativeYvon Bonenfant2,61635.92-18.25
New DemocraticWidler Jules5607.69+4.02
Total valid votes 7,282100.0  
Total rejected ballots 911.23
Turnout 7,37363.14
Eligible voters 11,677
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +21.41
[1]

Madawaska les Lacs
2010 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeYvon Bonenfant3,37854.17-9.08
LiberalJocelyn Levesque1,98531.82-2.21
IndependentJean-Marc Nadeau64410.33–
New DemocraticNicole Therieault2293.67+0.96
Total valid votes 6,236100.0  
Total rejected ballots 1151.81
Turnout 6,35170.88
Eligible voters 8,960
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.43
[2]
2006 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJeannot Volpé4,27163.25+2.65
LiberalElaine Albert2,29934.04-2.50
New DemocraticJeff Thibodeau1832.71-0.15
Total valid votes 6,753100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.58
2003 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJeannot Volpé3,96560.60-4.57
LiberalLouis Labrie2,39136.54+4.05
New DemocraticJason Carney1872.86+0.52
Total valid votes 6,543100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.31
1999 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJeannot Volpé4,28965.17+9.15
LiberalGeorges Corriveau2,13832.49-10.07
New DemocraticMarie-Pierre Valay-Nadeau1542.34+0.92
Total valid votes 6,581100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.61
1995 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJeannot Volpé4,06056.02+17.35
LiberalGeorges Corriveau3,08542.56-8.26
New DemocraticJohn Nowlan1031.42-9.09
Total valid votes 7,248100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.80
1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorges Corriveau2,90650.82-11.70
Progressive ConservativeRaoul Cyr2,21138.67+7.19
New DemocraticGérard Caron60110.51+4.51
Total valid votes 5,718100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -9.44
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorges Corriveau3,83962.52+18.58
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Ouellet1,93331.48-21.54
New DemocraticMaurice Clavette3686.00+2.96
Total valid votes 6,140100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.06
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Ouellet3,07153.02-4.06
LiberalLuc Daigle2,54543.94+2.82
New DemocraticRino Pelletier1763.04–
Total valid votes 5,792100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.44
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Ouellet2,87657.08+7.13
LiberalNelson Bellefleur2,07141.12-6.43
Parti acadienYves C. LeClerc901.79-0.71
Total valid votes 5,037100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.78
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Ouellet1,97649.95
LiberalLaurier Lévesque1,88147.55
Parti acadienJean-Marie Nadeau992.50
Total valid votes 3,956100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Madawaska district had returned three Liberals in the previous election, with Laurier Lévesque being one of three incumbents.

References
  1. Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.
  2. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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